Garment-fastener.



No. 717,660. A PATENTED JAN.' 6, 1903.

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Nrrnn STATES GEORGE H. DILLIN, OF WATERTOWN, NEW YORK.

eAnNisNT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,660, dated January6, 1903.l

Application filed October 13, 1902. Serial No. 127,075. (No model.)

T all whom, it 7a2/cry concern:

Beit known that LGEORGE H.DILLIN,aeiti zen of the United States,residing at W'atertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements ingarment-supporters, and especially to a novel device for use inconnection with the band of trousers to support drawers; and it consistsin the provision of a springhook made,preferably,of a single piece ofIieXible wire and bent substantially U shape to form means whereby thedevice maybe caught over the edge of lthe trousers-baud or over a Ybutton, while the ends of the supporting device are bent downwardly andthence at right angles and adapted to engage the upper end of thedrawers.

The invention consists,further,in other details of the construction ofthe device, which will he hereinafter fully described and thenspecifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which,with the letters ot reference marked thereon, form a part of thisinvention,and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicatelike features in the drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective viewof A.the garment supporting device, showing a form which is adapted tobe attached to the trousers-band at one side. View through the band of apair of trousers and upper portion of a pair of drawers shown asfastened together with one of my improved supporters.

Fig. 2 is a sectionalk Reference now being had to the details oftheconstruction of the garment-supporting device, A designates a pieceof wire which is bent into coils, as at B B, and the shank portion ofthe wire intermediate said coils is bent 5o in substantially U shape, asshown, and is adapted to be caught over the band of a pair of trousers.The ends of the Wire, after being bent into a plane parallel to theU-shaped portion, are bent at right angles to the down wardly-extendingarms and toward the U- shaped portions. These ends are iiexible, andafter the device has been applied to the .band of the trousers the endsmay be sprung out to allow the upper end of the drawers to 6o be placedagainst the trousers-band, and after they are adjusted in properposition with reference to said band the ends of the wire, which aresharpened, engage the edge of the drawers and will causesame to besupported, 6 5

as will he understood.

While I have shown a particular shape of garment-supporter embodying myinvention, it will be understood that I may vary the shape of the devicewithout departing from 7o A garment-supporting device comprising asingle piece of flexible wire bent substantially U -shaped and adaptedto engage under a button fastened to a trousers-band, coils formed inthe wire with a space interveningbetween each and the U-shaped portionof the wire, 8o

the ends of the wire being pointed and inwardly bent and adapted topenetrate the waistband of a pair of drawers and engage the band oftrousers, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix kmy signature in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE H. DILLIN. Witnesses: Y

JASON C. DILLIN, Guo. H. WRIGHT.

